“Instead of notifying impacted consumers of the breach within a reasonable amount of time, Uber hid the incident for over a year and actually paid the hackers to delete the data and stayed quiet,” Shapiro added.

“That’s just outrageous corporate misconduct, and I’m suing to hold them accountable and recover for Pennsylvanians,” said Shapiro.

Under the Pennsylvania Breach of Personal Information Notification Act, the Attorney General’s office may seek remedies of up to $1,000 for each violation – in this case, as much as $13.5 million in civil penalties.

The suit also claims the San-Francisco-based company violated the Pennsylvania Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law.

Shapiro is one of 43 state Attorneys General investigating the breach since it was disclosed last fall, his office said.

In response to the lawsuit, an Uber spokesperson told CNET that the company’s new leadership “has taken a series of steps to be accountable and respond responsibly” to the breach.

“While we dispute the accuracy of some of the characterizations in the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s lawsuit, we will continue to cooperate with them and ask only that we (Read more...)

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